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G. K. GUINZBURG.

GARMENT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1919.

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GEORGE K. GUINZBURG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A'SSIGNOR T0 I. B. KLEINERT RUBBER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

GARMENT-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

Application filed March 7, 1919. Serial No. 281,195.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE K. GUINzmie, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented. a 'certain new and useful Improvement in Garment-Protectors, of which the following4 is a specification.

This invention relates to a moisture proof.

floor, should the child be playing there,

whereby possibilities of the child contracting colds or sickness is prevented.

It is Well known that the ordinary form of bab pants now in use does not edectively ful l the functions that it is desired to perform. These forms of baby pants are generally constructed of a rubberized cloth material, and in order to allow the garment to be put on the child, suitable openings in the garment are provided, and *these openings are usually adapted to be closed by buttons and button holes or other fastening means. In practice, it is found that moisture readily finds its way through these openings and also through the openings through which the legs ofP the child protrude. These leg openings are generally arranged to be contracted about the childs legs by tapes or draw strings, but it is found that in order to prevent egress of moisture through these openings, it is necessary to draw these strings so tightly about the childs legs that discomfort is caused to the child.

The main object, therefore, of this invention is to obviate these readily apparent defects, and to 'provide a substantially seamless form of baby pants in which the usual openings for allowing the garment to be put on, arevdone away with, and the waist opening and leg openings are provided with imclosure means for contracting these openings about the childs body without causing any discomfort to-the child and yet affording a complete and effective protection and prevention against the egress of moisture.

With these objects and other objects which may hereinafter appear, in view, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth, and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, in which- Y Figure 1 is a front elevation of a pair of balliy pants embodying my invention;

ig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fi 3 is a sectional view on the yline 3--3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4--4 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

In the referred embodiment of my invention, as disclosed in the accoinpanyin drawing, 1 indicates the front face of t e garment, which is connected to a rear face 2 to produce a substantially triangular bag-like form of garment. The garment is preferably produced from a single elongated strip of material, referably rubber, or if desired a rubberizedp material. The strip of material may be folded transversely to form the front and rear portions 1 and 2, and these two portions are connected at their side edges y seamless joints produced by cutting and vulcanizing, if rubber is used, to construct the garment. These joints 3 are usually reinforced by reinforcin strips 4. The above method of forming sie gan' ment is illustrative of one of the Ways in which it may be constructed, but it is ob-V stitching 8, or by any other desired means. To allow expansion of the material of the garment around the openings 5 and 6, shirring 9 is produced at these points. Thus when the'garment isv being put on or taken off the child, the elasticity of the elasticl bands or strips 7 and the shirring 9 allow a ready distension of these openings and when the garment is in place a perfect fit at these points is afforded so that egress ofl moisture at these points is effectively prevented. p

The lat strip of elastic material 7 being placed on the inner side of the garment, or inotlier Words,`that side of the garment nearest to the childs body, acts as a covering or cushion for the shirring 9, and any discomfort that might be caused to the child by contact With the thicknesses of material produced by the shirring is prevented, as these strips provide a flat, Wide, and even contact-ing surface` In. addition to this, the fiat contacting surface afforded by these strips 7 acts in the nature of a Washer so that it is impossible for moisture to pass outside of the contines of the garment by Way of either the leg openings 5 or Waist opening 6.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that'my invention is not to be restricted to the exact embodiment shown, but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the and over the shirring.

ing stitched to the garment over the inner face oit' the sliirring.

4. A pair of baby pants or the like, comprising a triangularly formed bag-like garment, a waist opening at the upper end thereof, leg openings at the corners thereof, and a flat unshirred elastic strip surrounding each opening, and secured on the inner side of the garment.

5. A garment of the class described, comprising a triangulated bag-like garment having a Waist opening and leg openings therein, means for contracting each of said openings about the body comprising a strip of flat unshirred expansible elastic material in each opening on the inner face of the garment, and shirring in said garment surrounding each opening and over the flat strip therein. v

6. A garment of seamless rubber having an opening, shirring surrounding said opening, and a strip of fiat, unshirred eXpansible material surrounding said opening, and secured over the inner face of the shirrinfr.

.7. A garment of the class described, formed from a sheet of material folded upon itseliI to produce a front and rear face for the garment, said faces being joined at the sides of the garment to produce a substantially seamless joint, said garment having a waist opening. and leg openings with the lines of joinder extending from the waist opening to the leg openings, shirring surrounding said openings and a flat, unshirred, expansible strip within each opening, and secured on the inner vface of the garment over the shirring.

Signed .at the city, county and State of New York this 3rd day 0i March, 1919.

GEORGE K. GUINZBRG. 

